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. 2010 Aug 31;10:265. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-265

Table 3.

Taxonomy of subfamily Leuciscinae based on the phylogenetic results obtained in this study and lineages that need further review.

Previous Taxonomy Proposed taxonomy after this study
Genus Notemigonus (Lineage I)
N. crysoleucas [152] N. crysoleucas

Genus Alburnus (Lineage II)
Al. alburnus [2]; Al. arborella [2]; Al. belvica [2]; Al. demiri [153]; Al. escherichii [154]; Al. filippii [154]; Al. hohenackeri [2]; Al. macedonicus [2]; Al. mento [2]; Al. orontis [154]; Al. sarmaticus [2]; Al. thessalicus [2] Without changes
Alburnus populations from Kizilimark R. Alburnus sp. 1
Alburnus populations from Stryrmon R. Alburnus sp. 2
Al. sellal [154]; Al. baliki [155]; Al. kotschyi [156]; Al. orontis [154] A new genus should be described for these species to avoid the paraphyletic status of Alburnus (Type species: A. alburnus)

Genus Anaecypris (Lineage II)
An. hispanica [2] An. Hispanica

Genus Leucaspius (Lineage II)
L. delineatus [2] L. delineatus

Genus Pseudophoxinus (Lineage II)
Ps. punicus [157]
A new genus should be described for this species because real Pseudophoxinus (type species P. zeregi) belong to a different lineage

Genus Scardinius (Lineage III)
Sc. acarnanicus [2]; Sc. erythrophthalmus [2]; Sc. graecus [2]; Sc. hesperidicus [2]; Sc. plotizza [2]; Sc. scardafa [2] Without changes

Genus Tropidophoxinellus (Lineage IV) Genus Tropidophoxinellus
Tr. hellenicus [2]; Tr. spartiaticus [2] Without Changes
Genus Pseudophoxinellus
Ps. callensis [77] Tr. callensis
Ps. chaignoni [77] Tr. chaignoni

Genus Petroleuciscus (Lineage V) Without changes
Pe. borysthenicus [2], Pe. smyrnaeus [2] Genus Petroleuciscus
Genus Squalius
Sq. aphipsi [2] Pe. aphipsi
Necessary to analyze all species considered as belonging to Petroleuciscus (P. kurui, P. squaliusculus, P. ulanus)

Genus Ladigesocypris (Lineage V) Genus Squalius
La. ghigii [2]
La. irideus [2]
Sq. ghigii
Sq. irideus
Genus Squalius (Lineage V)
Sq. albus [2]; Sq. aradensis [2]; Sq. carolitertii [2]; Sq. castellanus [158]; Sq. cephalus [2]; Sq. illyricus [2]; Sq. keadicus [2]; Sq. kosswigi [159]; Sq. kottelati [159]; Sq. laietanus [2]; Sq. lepidus [2]; Sq. lucumonis [2]; Sq. malacitanus [2]; Sq. microlepis [2]; Sq. moreoticus [2]; Sq. orientalis [2]; Sq. orpheus [2]; Sq. pamvoticus [2]; Sq. peloponensis [2]; Sq. prespensis [2]; Sq. pyrenaicus [2]; Sq. squalus [2]; Sq. svallize [2]; Sq. tenellus [2]; Sq. torgalensis [2]; Sq. valentinus [2]; Sq. vardarense [2]; Sq. zrmanjae [2] Without changes
Squalius populations from Southern Spain Squalius sp
Squalius populations from Aksheir L. Turkey Squalius sp_Euphrates
Squalius populations from Euphrates drainage Squalius sp_Aksheir
Squalius populations from Rama L. BiH Squalius aff. vardarensis
Squalius populations from Manikiotico R. Squalius cf. orpheus

Genus Achondrostoma (Lineage VI) Achondrostoma
Ach. arcasii [2]; Ach. occidentale [2]; Ach. salmantinum [158]; Ach. oligolepis [2]
Achondrostoma populations from NE Spain
Without changes
Achondrostoma sp

Genus Chondrostoma (Lineage VI)
Ch. angorense [160]; Ch. cyri [160]; Ch. holmwoodii [161]; Ch. knerii [2]; Ch. meandrense [160]; Ch. nasus [2]; Ch. oxyrhynchum [2]; Ch. phoxinus [2]; Ch. prespensis [2]; Ch. regium [160]; Ch. soetta [2]; Ch. vardarense [2]
Ch. olisiponensis [162]
Without changes
Iberochondrostoma olisiponensis

Genus Iberochondrostoma (Lineage VI)
Ib. almacai [2];; Ib. lemmingii [2]; Ib. lusitanicum [2]; Ib. oretanum [2] Without changes

Genus Parachondrostoma (Lineage VI)
Pa. arrigonis [2]; Pa. miegii [2]; Pa. toxostoma [2]; Pa. turiense [2] Without changes

Genus Phoxinellus (Lineage VI)
Ph. alepidotus [2]; Ph. dalmaticus [2]; Ph. pseudalepidotus [2] Without changes

Genus Protochondrostoma (Lineage VI)
Pr. genei [2] Without changes

Genus Pseudochondrostoma (Lineage VI)
Pse. duriense [2]; Pse. polylepis [2]; Pse. willkommii [2] Without changes

Genus Pseudophoxinus (Lineage VI)
Ps. alii [77]; Ps. anatolicus [154]; Ps. antalyae [154]; Ps. battalgilae [154]; Ps. crassus [154]; Ps. elizavetae [77]; Ps. evliyae [163]; Ps. fahrettini [163]; Ps. firati [77]; Ps. kervillei [164]; Ps. ninae [63]; Ps. zekayi [77]; Ps. zeregi [165] Without changes
Pseudophoxinus populations from Eflatun Pinari spring. Turkey Pseudophoxinus sp_EflatunPinari

Genus Telestes (Lineage VI)
Te. alfiensis [63]; Te. beoticus [2]; Te. croaticus [2]; Te. fontinalis [2]; Te. metohiensis [2]; Te. montenegrinus [2]; Te. muticellus [2]; Te. pleurobipunctatus [2];
Te. polylepis [2]; Te. souffia [2]; Te. turskyi [2]; Te. ukliva [2]
Telestes populations from Dreznica. Croatia
Without changes
Telestes sp.

Genus Rutilus (Lineage VII)
Ru. aula [2]; Ru. basak [2]; Ru. frisii [2]; Ru. heckeli [2]; Ru. ohridanus [2]; Ru. panosi [2]; Ru. pigus [2]; Ru. prespensis [2]; Ru. rubilio [2]; Ru. rutilus [2]; Ru. ylikiensis [2] Without changes

Genus Abramis (Lineage VIII)
Ab. brama [2] Without changes

Genus Acanthobrama (Lineage VIII) Genus Acanthobrama
Ac. lissneri [166]; Ac. marmid [154] Without changes
Genus Acanthalburnus (Lineage VIII)
Aca. microlepis [154] Ac. microlepis
Genus Petroleuciscus (Lineage VIII)
Pe. persidis [167] Ac. Persidis

Genus Ballerus (Lineage VIII)
Ba. ballerus [2]; Ba. sapa [2] Without changes

Genus Blicca (Lineage VIII)
Bl. bjoerkna [2] Without changes

Genus Mirogrex (Lineage VIII)
Mi. terrasanctae [164] Without changes

Genus Vimba (Lineage VIII) Genus Vimba
Vi. melanops [2]; Vi. vimba [2] Without changes
Genus Acanthobrama
Ac. mirabilis [154] (Vi. Vimba by synonymy [6]) V. mirabilis

Genus Alburnoides (Lineage IX)
Alb. bipunctatus [2]; Alb. prespensis [2]; Alb. bipunctatus [2] Without changes

Genus Leuciscus (Lineage X) Genus Leuciscus
Le. idus [2]; Le. latus [167]; Le. leuciscus [2]; Le. schdmidti [46]; Le. walecki [168] Without changes
Genus Aspius (Lineage X)
As. aspius [2]; Le. aspius
As. vorax [2] Le. vorax

Genus Pseudophoxinus (Lineage XI)
P. egridiri [154]
A new genus should be described for this species because real Pseudophoxinus (type species P. zeregi) belong to a different lineage

Genus Pachychilon (Lineage XII)
Pac. macedonicum [2]; Pac. pictum [2] Without changes

Genus Delminichthys (Lineage XII)
D. adpersus [2]; D. ghetaldii [2]; D. jadovensis [2]; D. krbavensis [2] Without changes

Genus Pelasgus (Lineage XIII)
P. laconicus [2]; P. marathonicus [2]; P. minutus [2]; P. prespensis [2]; P. stymphalicus [2]; P. thesproticus [2] Without changes

Genus Pelecus (Lineage XIV)
P. cultratus [2] Without changes